Career
The Four-Week Evolution of Pink Hair
When Shannon Keel @shannonkeel, (aka The Hair Doo Chick) created her The Hair Parlor in the small town of Lee, Florida, she knew it could be tough to build a clientele from scratch."I knew I needed to prove myself and began posting pictures ...
TRANSFORMATION: High Contrast Blonde
Marie Negron (@glamhairbymarie), owner of Flawless Beauty Salon, Cleveland, Ohio, loves "being a colorist and making my clients beautiful and happy."She had that opportunity with client Ashley who "came back after 6 months ...
2 Tips for Perfect Color Results
Color Master John Simpson has generated a lot of buzz with MODERN's May 2015 cover, a beautiful, shiny, vibrant and saturated red that has all the luster and coverage every colorist wants to offer to his or her client. In these two very ...
TRANSFORMATION: Box to a Bright, Dimensional Red
Nikki A. Straw of Glam Hair Studio (@GlamHairStudioAk), Anchorage, Alaska, posted "Ready, Set, Glam" that caught our eye."This is one of my most recent pieces of work," Straw says. "My client had about 2 inches of level ...
8 Ways to Speed up Your Blow-Dry
You can still give your client the luxurious blow-dry she deserves while also saving yourself a little time - and that equates to booking more clients (and making more cash, too!)Here, 30-year salon industry veteran Mario Russo, owner and lead ...
BLONDING: Slow And Steady Wins The Race
"This process was your classic slow and steady wins the race," says hairstylist, makeup artist and model Ashley Paige (@spanishdreamgirl) of ETCH Salon, Scottsdale, AZ. "This took a long time to get where I wanted, but the ...
Get in the Guy Game at The Premiere Show 2015
Go dig out your Mickey ears. It is once again time to gather in Orlando for The Premiere Show 2015.Premiere has always been a great show for education. Not to mention the best shopping floor at a show in America. Where Premiere ...
by Anne Moratto
Top 10 Tips to Competition Success
Richard Mannah, international artistic director, Label.m USA, is no stranger to winning awards including winning the coveted London Hairdresser Of The Year in the British Hairdressing Awards."Some of the world's best hairdressers either ...
Colortrak's Summer of Color 2015 Contest
Colortrak’s Summer of Color 2015 contest is celebrating the artistry of color with vivid haircolor entries, weekly giveaways and a grand prize all-expenses paid cruise valued at $3,800. The voting period begins June ...
by Lauren Quick
Don't Miss This: Farouk's 19th Annual International Cancun Conference
Farouk FiestaThe 19th annual International Cancun Conference by Farouk Systems, Inc., will be September 18-22 in Cancun, Mexico. This year’s conference will feature all-inclusive accommodations, learning workshops and ...
by Lauren Quick
Sexy Hair Academy Beach Class
Ocean View On April 19 and 20, Sexy Hair hosted its first Sexy Hair Academy class in its new location, the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica, California. The class began with a tai chi session on the beach ...
by Lauren Quick
COLOR CORRECTION: Patience and Caution For The Perfect Blonde
Cheryl Roberts (@theblondebrunetteaz), owner of The Blonde Brunette, Scottsdale, Arizona, says this color correction took 5 hours. "My client wanted an icy, cool, grayish blonde," says Roberts. "She had a very brassy band and 4 ...
TRANSFORMATION: Lighter, Brighter, Beautiful
Rosvelt Ranses (@rosvelt) of La Bella Salon, Miami, Florida, has a beautiful Instagram feed filled with amazing transformations and inspirational finishes. This client deserved a place on his page! She had virgin 4/5 level hair (no grays) ...
Paul Mitchell Schools Raise $1.7M for Charity
For the 12th year in a row, over 14,000 "Future Professionals" and staff members from Paul Mitchell Schools spent three months raising money for charity through a challenge they call "FUNRaising." This year's $1.7 ...
by Anne Moratto
COLOR CORRECTION: Fixing A Messed Up Ombre
Lisa Hart-Walker (@superstylist5711), an artist at Creations Salon, Rochester Hills, Michigan, specializes in color and color correction on all hair textures. Hart-Walker credits @cynthialumzy with helping to drive her talent and career.It ...
Back To Brown
"Claire came to me 6 months prior to fix a design done at another salon," says Lily Duong (@hairbylily408), a L'Oreal Certified balayage artist, based at Hair By Lily at Salons by JC in San Jose, California. "She came in with ...
10 Keys To Success In The Salon (And In Life)
MODERN heard from one of our favorite artists, Gina Bianca (@the_hair_doctor), who has learned A LOT in her short 23 years. An extremely talented hairdresser and owner of Gina Bianca Hair, Plantsville, Connecticut, Bianca says she "lives by ...